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Single Semester $6,923.00 - School year $7,960.00 - Deadline to apply for Sept 2009: Feb 28, 2009
You will love your
semester or school year in Italy if you are prepared to work hard in
school and be part of a close-knit family where Mama looks out for
everyone. Some frequently asked questions are: *Where in Italy are they likely to be placed? Most of our students are placed in the North, a few in Rome and very few in the South (mostly Sardinia or Naples). *How are families chosen to host? Do you do background checks? Do you interview them in their home? Will they speak English? Most of our host families are our outbound students' families, others are introduced by our local coordinators who are mostly teachers, hence from school. They are all interviewed but we are not taking police checks as this is not yet a procedure in Italy. They do not always speak English but most of them will at least have one member speaking English, we cannot guarantee this though. *How can we find out what courses are available at the schools so we can find out if the student's school here will give them credit? This we can find out once the placement comes and the school is agreed. You will have to let me know in advance what kind of paper will they need to gain credit? We cannot guarantee the students will be graded. Many Italian schools are very reluctant especially considering many exchange students do not have a sufficient knowledge of the Italian language to be able to be graded. To have exchange students properly enrolled at school requires a whole bunch of papers/bureaucracy. Schools usually can provide a school attendance certificate with a list of subjects the students have studied. If this is sufficient, we should be able to supply this. Is there an extra charge for the school? School usually have tax and other extras to pay but most of these this will be included in the program fee.
SCUOLA SUPERIORE (HIGH SCHOOL) Basic subjects |
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Those students who attend a lyceum will continue their studies at the Universities, and eventually about 30% of them will get an university degree, while those graduating from other Institutes receive a diploma that gives them access to the working world, besides the possibility of continuing their studies in the Universities. In non-experimental schools, which is what the majority of the schools are, the subjects are the same and are compulsory, with the only exception of Religion (Catholic, optional). Students are enrolled in a single class made up of 20-30 students all together : they attend their lessons in the same classroom, while the teachers alternate classrooms. The Principal (Preside) directs the school along with a Board made up of teachers, students, parents and others. The relationships between students and teachers are somewhat formal and students are expected to be respectful to teachers to such a point that the behavior is evaluated just as the other subjects, and a poor one can affect the outcome of an entire scholastic year. Classes usually take place during the morning of week days, including Saturday. The schedule generally goes from 8:00 am to 1:00-2:00 pm. Lunch is not served in the Italian schools. Class attendance is compulsory, and if a student misses one or more days of school he/she must have a written justification by the family. Similarly students are not allowed to enter late, or exit from school in advance, without a written permission of the family or, in case of some sudden illness, without the intervention of a teacher or of the Preside himself. Italian students have a lot of homework to do at home. Your students should attempt to complete all their homework as well, from the very beginning, in order to get used to it and to participate more actively to the school life.
There are some schools, unfortunately not
many, which have extra-curricular activities in the afternoon (sports,
theater and so on). Students often organize these activities themselves
if they are not organized by the school. During the morning there is a
10-15 minute break (intervallo), during which the students leave
their classes and meet in the corridors of the school, or take advantage
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At the beginning most
foreign exchange students consider the intervallo as a moment of great
confusion, but after a while they will appreciate this lively and joyous
break. The evaluation: oral or written tests are given for all subjects except the technical ones that may require also some graphic or manual activity in the labs or the workshops. The grading system is based on the scale 0-10, teacher are very strict and the extreme values are never used; in practice the grading system is as follows : 4 = very poor 5 = insufficient (F) 6 = sufficient (C) 7 = good (B) 8 = excellent (A) 9 = outstanding (A+) If at the end of the school year a student does not earn a grade of at least 6 in all subjects and if he fails more than 3 subjects, then the student must repeat the entire school year. There are also private schools in Italy that sometimes are run by religious institutions. For both public and private schools the school year begins in the middle of September and ends by the middle of June. There are two weeks of vacation for Christmas and about a week for Easter; some one-day civil or religious holidays are spread over the school year and in some areas the School Authority may authorize few other days of vacation. A chance to have a very nice experience is given by the annual school trip during which the students of a class, accompanied by some of their teachers, visit places of artistic, historical or naturalistic importance. In general Italian schools require students to buy their own textbooks, which can be rather expensive; for this reason students tend to buy second-hand books. |
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